Example sentences of "he [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's got four lorries in there now an' I did 'ear 'e was lookin' fer anuvver place . |
| 2 | He even felt a rather pleasant sense of detachment from what was going on , almost as though everything around him were happening on television and the barman might switch to another channel at any moment . |
| 3 | Something about him was beginning to needle her , challenging her to meet him on his own terms . |
| 4 | Albert said in a reverent voice as if he were speaking in church . |
| 5 | It was as if he were gazing into heaven , and Agatha was n't so old that she 'd forgotten what that felt like . |
| 6 | Now if the minister is right and a partner in the firm or indeed an assistant in the firm a acting as a tax advisor or financial planner , might come across something er tha that er if er he were acting as auditor he would be bound to report . |
| 7 | He ground the words out as though he were chewing on granite . |
| 8 | His right elbow was leaning on the arm of the chair and his wide forehead was resting in his right hand as if he were suffering from migraine , troubles , fatigue . |
| 9 | He bent and twisted himself before it , jerking suddenly this way and that , as if he were lying in wait for disease , determined to pounce on it before it could strike . |
| 10 | Sliding his hands up to her face , he cupped her head and thrust his tongue deeper still , as if he were dying of thirst , drinking from her . |
| 11 | He felt as though he were going under dentist 's gas … |
| 12 | I 've got one brother , but he was younger than me and at that time he were going to school anyway . |
| 13 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
| 14 | And I did and to be quite honest , I mean it was n't the money really when you think about it because at end of day , forty six pound he were spending in pub anyway . |
| 15 | Furthermore he was preaching against Calvinism . |
| 16 | The most remarkable example of such a deposit in Britain is that at Llyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey , found by a contractor during the last war when he was digging for peat . |
| 17 | Did you hear about Gustave 's glove bill in the days when he was prancing by candlelight ? |
| 18 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 19 | He was learning about nature and about life . |
| 20 | But he was learning from experience and moved from town to town to polish his burglary skills . |
| 21 | He was shouting in English . |
| 22 | March , the Secretary of State told me in a parliamentary answer that he was setting in train a new procedure for the appointment of a successor to Eric Bolton . |
| 23 | ‘ The stewardess thought he was weeping for happiness at being free . |
| 24 | And then he was weeping in earnest . |
| 25 | Wynne-Jones shuddered ; Tallis thought he was coughing with pain , but he was laughing . |
| 26 | Patrick knew that he was bleeding to death . |
| 27 | The story goes that he was watching at home with his wife but after the pile-up occurred , he could stand it no more and went out into the garden for the rest of the race . |
| 28 | Maxie withdrew himself reluctantly from the excitement of the football game he was watching on television . |
| 29 | Father-of-two Robin was flown home to Hexham , Northumberland , where he was recovering in hospital last night . |
| 30 | The Ukrainian superstar had won every major championship since 1983 — with the exception of the European title in 1990 when he was recovering from injury — said : ‘ I had problems with the swirling wind . |